[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: windows XP NTFS\redhat 7.2
From: |
dman |
Subject: |
Re: windows XP NTFS\redhat 7.2 |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:35:22 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.2.5i |
On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 09:08:07PM -0600, Al Gerardi wrote:
| I currently have windows XP home edition installed on my 19 gig hard
| drive IDE type. I want to partition a second drive 6 gig to use
| for linux redhat 7.2. I read that I shouldn't do a multi boot
| option with NTFS windows XP. I am going to use partition magic 7.0
| version to setup the second drive partition. Will Grub loader allow
| me to boot either linux or Windows XP home edition. I don't want to
| screw up my current install of windows XP.
I don't think any bootloader works with NTFS (even NTFS support in
Linux is experimental, and largely read-only). You can, though, use a
separate floppy disk to boot linux and leave the windows MBR alone.
-D